Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder (28) waits to get congratulated by teammates Jody Gerut (22) and Bill Hall after hitting a game-winning hit during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Saturday, June 27, 2009, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 7-6.

Why does this place have to be the Giants' Bastille? There is no collection of World Series trophies in the Miller Park lobby. The word "Brewers" does not make strong men weep. Why so much anguish - predictable anguish - every time?

The Giants had a 4-0 lead in the sixth inning Saturday night. They broke a 4-4 tie in the ninth and led 6-4. They enjoyed two majestic home runs from Pablo Sandoval, who assumed the team lead with 11. They watched in awe as Jeremy Affeldt pulled an elephant out of his hat to keep them alive.

And yet the final score was Brewers 7, Giants 6, and that was no surprise at all. This was San Francisco's 16th loss in its last 21 games here.

"You can't explain that," manager Bruce Bochy said. "This is one of those games you can't explain, what happened here. No question, that was as tough a game as you can have."

Yet it was the Brewers who engaged in one of the most bruising happy-happy pile-ons on the field after Prince Fielder won the game with a two-out double against Brian Wilson.

Wilson allowed three runs in his fourth blown save in 24 chances. A one-out infield hit by Craig Counsell and a walk to Mat Gamel set it up. The tying runs scored on singles by Corey Hart, who was hitless in 19 at-bats, and J.J. Hardy, whose smash devoured the glove of second baseman Juan Uribe.

Wilson struck out Ryan Braun, lending the Giants hope they could take a 6-6 game into the 10th, but Fielder created delirium in the Giants' dungeon with his two-out double.

The circumstances that preceded Wilson's arrival, the two-run Giants ninth that was wasted, mattered little to the closer.

"Not one bad game is worse than another is," he said. "You lose the game, no matter what the price is, it's always bitter to swallow."

The Giants had to swallow many bitter pills, starting with a 4-0 lead that vanished in two swings. Fielder hit a three-run homer in the sixth against Barry Zito, who started the inning with a two-hit shutout but admitted he was "a little gassed" after running from first to third in the top half.

Brandon Medders relieved Zito, and Casey McGehee sent his first pitch, a misplaced cutter, over the wall in left to tie the game.

Mike Cameron went over the center-field wall to rob Nate Schierholtz of a homer in the seventh, and Affeldt got Cameron to ground into a bases-loaded double play to end the eighth.

As usual, the Giants wasted many chances for a rout. Even after scoring twice in the second inning, they had men on second and third with no outs, yet scored no more.

The Giants returned to their hotel staggered by defeat but impressed by Sandoval, their second-year phenom. He hit his 10th and 11th homers of the season, nearly identical rainbow blasts to right-center. He narrowly missed a third with a warning-track out and hit a foul ball in the ninth that might have traveled farther than any of those.

Sandoval has eight home runs in June. He is arriving as a major-league power hitter.

"Yeah, it surprises me a little bit," Sandoval said of passing Molina. "I'm one of the younger kids playing here. I don't want to do anything wrong. I'm focused on playing my game, not putting up numbers."

Whatever numbers the Giants muster in Miller Park, they do not calculate into happiness.

Goes quickly

Barry Zito's recent trend has been to pitch well early, then suddenly blow up. His last four starts:

Saturday vs. Brewers: Allowed no runs and 2 hits through five innings; allowed 2 walks and a three-run homer in the 6th.

June 21 vs. Rangers: Had a no-hitter through six; gave up 2 hits and 2 runs in the 7th.

June 15 vs. Angels: Allowed 2 hits and 1 run through three; gave up 6 hits and 6 runs in the 4th.

June 10 vs. D'backs: Allowed 2 hits and 1 run through four; gave up 5 hits and 3 runs in 5th.